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| Rani Mukerji |
|---|
| Born |
| March 21, 1978 Bengal, India |
| Occupation |
| Actress |
| Famous for |
| Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) Saathiya (2002) Hum Tum (2004) Black (2005) Bunty aur Babli (2005) |
Rani Mukerji (once transliterated Rani Mukherjee, born March 21, 1978), is an Indian actress who works in mainstream Bollywood movies.
Family background
Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth Family
She comes from a film-clan family of Bengali origin: Her father, Ram Mukherjee is a retired director. Her mother Krishna used to be a playback singer, while her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer. Her maternal aunt is Debashree Roy. Bollywood actress Kajol is her second cousin.
Career
She began her film career with the Bengali film Biyar Phool. However, she made her Hindi debut in Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996). The film did not do well at the box-office. Her next two releases Ghulam and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) were successful, where she was also casted opposite established stars. For the latter she received her first Filmfare Award as Best Supporting Actress.
She appeared in a fair number of movies after her prompt fame, but most of them did average business. She then starred in Saathiya (2002), directed by Shaad Ali. The film was critically and commercially successful.
In 2004, Her performance in Hum Tum won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award and the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Yuva. Her performance in Veer-Zaara was praised.
In 2005 she starred in four films, Bunty Aur Babli, was called the top grosser of the year and her performances in other films, particularly in Black were generally appreciated.
Mukerji is also an active stage performer. She starred in the successful Temptations 2004 concert with Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra.
Mukerji appeared at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian culture, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi.
Personal life
Besides acting in films, Mukerji also does many charity appearances for noble causes. Her most noteworthy show was Temptations 2005 where she performed in New Delhi. The event provided the opportunity to raise funds for National Centre For Promotional of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), a leading disabled rights group. Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra were also amongst the many who contributed to this cause.
Mukerji celebrated her birthday in 2006, with the students of The Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Blind. She befriended the members of this Institute, when she was enacting her role of a blind and deaf girl in the movie Black. She thanked the students of the institute claiming she would not have been able to enact her performance in Black without them.
She has been linked with actors such as Govinda , Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and most recently, director Aditya Chopra. These links-up have been regarded as rumours from both parties. Besides love affairs, she has been pitted against actress Preity Zinta over time and time again. However both actresses say they have a professional relationship with each other.
Trivia
- For her one-and-a-half-minute dance performance alongside Saif Ali Khan at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she was reportedly paid 1.5 crore rupees, the equivalent of about 300,000 U.S. dollars.
- Mukerji was honored by an audience of 50,000 at the Casablanca Film Festival (2005) in Morocco where her selected four movies were presented to the foreign masses of people.
- She is rumored to be one of the highest paid actresses in the industry.
- Her favourite actress is Sridevi.
- She changed the English transliteration of her surname from Mukherjee to Mukerji several years ago. At the time, it was reported that she did this for numerological reasons. Recently, she has claimed that numerology was not a concern; her name had been put down as Mukerji on her passport, and she wished to harmonize her name and her passport.
Awards
Popular
- 1999, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- 1999, Zee Cine Awards, Lux Face of the Year, Ghulam & Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- 1999, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- 2003, Star Screen Awards Special Jury Award, Saathiya
- 2003, Filmfare, Critics Award Best Performance, Saathiya
- 2003, Sansui Awards Best Performance of the Year, Saathiya
- 2003, Bollywood Awards Most Sensational Actress, Saathiya
- 2003, Rajiv Gandhi Award
- 2004, BBC Film Cafe Best Actress, Chalte Chalte
- 2005, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Hum Tum
- 2005, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Yuva
- 2005, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Hum Tum
- 2005, 1st GIFA Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
- 2005, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Hum Tum
- 2005, Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress, Yuva
- 2005, Cinegoers Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
- 2005, Cinegoers Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Veer-Zaara
- 2005, IIFA Best Actress Award for Hum Tum
- 2005, IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for Veer-Zaara
- 2005, Bollywood Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
- 2005, Bollywood Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Yuva
- 2006, Rediff Movie Awards Best Actress, Black
- 2006, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Black
- 2006, Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Black
- 2006, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Black
- 2006, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, Black
- 2006, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Black
- 2006, BBC Film Cafe Best Actress, Black
- 2006, IIFA Best Actress Award for Black
She is the first actor to ever win both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress trophies in a single year (2005) at the Filmfare.
Others
- 2001, Aashirwaad Awards Best Actress, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega
- 2003, Anandolok Puroshkar Awards Best Actress, Saathiya
- 2005, Sports World Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
- 2005, Sports World Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Veer-Zaara
- 2005, Sports World Jodi of the Year (Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji) for Hum Tum
- 2005, Bollywood Fashion Awards, Celebrity Style Female Award
- 2005, Anandolok Puroshkar Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
- 2005, Lion Awards Achievement in Cinema
- 2006, 2nd Edition Pogo Voice Awards Most Amazing Actress, Bunty Aur Babli
- 2006, Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji) for Bunty Aur Babli
- 2006, 2nd Apsara Awards Best Actress, Black
- 2006, Star's Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Black
- 2006, Idea Zee F Awards, Celebrity Model of the Year
Her two movies have been India's entry to the Academy Awards. Paheli was the official entry for the 2006 Oscars. Hey Ram (2000) was an earlier entry. (See India's official entry).
Black, Paheli, and Veer-Zaara were all part of the final process of nomination selection for the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards amongst 60 foreign films in 2006.
Filmography
Films
Television appearances
- The Manish Malhotra Show - 2005–2006 (appeared 2005)
- Koffee with Karan - 2004–2005 (appeared February 9, 2005, in Episode #1.2 only)
- Jai Jawan (appeared March 5, 2004, in Rani Mukerji's day out with jawans only)
- Tinseltown TV (interviewed 28 February, 2004)
- Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai - 2001–2003 (appeared 2001)
- Kaun Banega Crorepati - 2000–2001 (appeared December 31, 2000, New Year Special)
See also
References
Footnotes
Press coverage
- Kamat, Sonali. "Bollywood's Good Girl: Rani Mukerji's Image", "Mid Day" interview. May 20, 2003. Retrieved April 22, 2006.
- Jha, Subhash. "Rani Mukerji: Post-Saathiya", "IndiaFM" interview. March 2, 2005. Retrieved May 10, 2006.
- Somaaya, Bhawana. "Everyone wants Rani Mukerji", "IndiaFM" interview. June 24, 2005. Retrieved June 10, 2006.
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